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Overview

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6.6/10   2,528 votes
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Director:
Martin Ritt
Writers:
Tom Topor (play)
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Release Date:
20 November 1987 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Mad As In Angry. Or Just Plain... NUTS
Plot:
A high-class call girl accused of murder fights for the right to stand trial rather than be declared mentally incompetent. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for 3 Golden Globes. more
NewsDesk:
(3 articles)
Streep Nom #7-8: The Abundant Riches of 1987-88
 (From FilmExperience. 5 July 2009, 3:00 PM, PDT)

Karl Malden Dies
 (From EmpireOnline. 2 July 2009, 12:30 AM, PDT)

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Riveting courtroom drama; one of the best of it's kind more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Barbra Streisand ... Claudia Draper

Richard Dreyfuss ... Aaron Levinsky

Maureen Stapleton ... Rose Kirk

Karl Malden ... Arthur Kirk

Eli Wallach ... Dr. Herbert A. Morrison
Robert Webber ... Francis MacMillan
James Whitmore ... Judge Stanley Murdoch

Leslie Nielsen ... Allen Green
William Prince ... Clarence Middleton
Dakin Matthews ... 1st Judge
Paul Benjamin ... Harry Harrison
Warren Manzi ... Saul Kreiglitz
Elizabeth Hoffman ... Dr. Johnson

Castulo Guerra ... Dr. Arantes
Stacy Bergman ... 16 year-old Claudia
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Additional Details

Runtime:
116 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby
Filming Locations:
New York City, New York, USA

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Trivia:
This is the final film of both Robert Webber and Karl Malden. more
Quotes:
Dr. Herbert A. Morrison: Would you like a cup of coffee?
Claudia Draper: Not unless there's Thorazine in it.
Dr. Herbert A. Morrison: Sorry, only milk and sugar.
Claudia Draper: Pass.
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Referenced in Boys Life: Three Stories of Love, Lust, and Liberation (1994) more
Soundtrack:
HERE WE ARE AT LAST more

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15 out of 16 people found the following comment useful:-
Riveting courtroom drama; one of the best of it's kind, 20 April 2006
10/10
Author: robb_772 from United States

Badly neglected by both audiences and critics at the time of it's original release, NUTS is a film that is ripe for reevaluation. Based on Tom Toplor's 1981 courtroom play, NUTS is definitely a dialogue-based film with little Hollywood flashiness. Though extremely well-written (by Toplor, adapting his own work with Darryl Ponicsan and Alvin Sargent) and sharply staged and directed by veteran Martin Ritt, it is the cast whom is really responsible bringing NUTS to life. Barbra Streisand gives an absolutely bravura performance that should have earned her an Oscar nomination. Alternately hilarious and frightening, Streisand is always mesmerizing as she delves so far into character.

Richard Dreyfess is nothing less than Streisand's equal as her public defender. He too was robbed of an Oscar nomination. The supporting cast is a top-notch ensemble of professional character actors (Maureen Stapleton, Eli Wallach, Robert Webber, James Whitmore, and Karl Malden), all of whom work their craft flawlessly. NUTS' screenplay does indulge in the predictability of some of the typical courtroom-plot conventions a little too often, but Toplor's absorbing script still deserves high praise for it's fascinating exploration of what constitutes as normality and whether or not the insane should be required to receive treatment. NUTS isn't going to win over any fans of 3-cuts-per-second action films, but it will leave lovers of thought-provoking, expertly-acted dramas fascinated.

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